The U.S. Senate this week will debate an
immigration bill supported by President Bush that would provide legal status to approximately 12 million undocumented immigrants currently residing in the U.S. Allowing 600,000 workers into the country without their families, the measure's guest worker provision would grant them 2-year periods of stay for a maximum of 6 years.
For further details:
Ins and Outs of the Immigration Bill (NPR)
Bush strongly defends deal on immigration (LA Times)
Bush wants immigration battle resolved (ABC News)
(Getty Images Photo of Senators Kennedy (seated), Chambliss, Isakson, and Salazar announcing an immigration compromise between the Senate and White House)
